San Francisco, CA: No Publisher, 1975. First Edition. Inscribed & signed by Neeli Cherkovski to Thomas Rain Crowe. “I met Neeli early on and we became ‘compatriots’ almost immediately. He was really the person who introduced me to everyone and to what was going on in San Francisco during my first weeks and months there. In that sense he was very generous with his time and energy (which he had..... More

Detroit, MI: Robin Eichele, c. 1965. Original Photograph. Single Sheet. A photograph (measuring appx. 11” x 8.5” incl. margin) featuring noted Detroit poet & playwright, Bill Harris (b. 1945), along with two presently unidentified figures from the Detroit Artists’ Workshop c. 1964-1965. The photographer behind this image is none other than Robin Eichele (b. 1941), the American poet and Mimeograph Revolutionary who co-founded the Detroit Artists’ Workshop in November 1964..... More

n/p: Brian Jacobs, 1994. First Edition. Offered today are two photographs of Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), the legendary Beat poet extraordinaire who is widely considered the greatest American poet of the 20th century. Taken in 1994, these photos capture a specific day in 1994 when Allen and (then) assistant Brian Jacobs (b. 1969)—now phenomenal poet in his own right, retired professor, and our dear dear friend—attended an anti-Promise Keepers rally. The..... More

n/p: n/p, 1989. First Edition. Single Sheet. Inscribed and signed by Joan Hall. Joan Hall is a mixed-media sculptor who uses a mix of materials such as paper, glass, and metal, to create large-scale installations. Her most recent installation “The Invasion of Hull Cove” was included in the European Cultural Center’s “Personal Structures,“ a collateral exhibition during the Venice Biennale 2019. Garner Tullis (b. 1939) is an American printmaker who..... More

N/P: Privately Published, 1975. First Edition. Single Sheet. Signed by Laura A. Hayward. Laura A. Hayward is an artist of whom, unfortunately, little is known. Presumably a friend of Albert Glover’s (b. 1942), or at the very least a local artist that Glover commissioned for art and wanted to highlight. Offered today is the original artwork A Voice of His Own. A reproduction of a charcoal, minimalist, almost cartoonish sketch..... More

n/p: Zeke Mallory, 1999. First Edition. Single Sheet. Signed by most festival performers. This poster (appx. 17” x 24”) memorializes the 22nd annual Ann Arbor Folk Festival which took place on January 30th, 1999 at the Hill Auditorium. The Ark hosted their 47th annual event Ann Arbor Folk Festival this past January 2024. This poster was designed and printed by local artist Zeke Mallory and features photos of Emmylou Harris..... More

San Francisco, CA: Pamela Mosher, 1976. Original Photograph. Single Sheet. Hand-titled, signed & dated by photographer Pamela Mosher. An original photographic print (measuring appx. 7&6/8" x 9&6/8" incl. margin) featuring David Meltzer (1937-2016) at the Proposition 15 Rally-Reading. As Thomas Rain Crowe (b. 1949), the co-authorial founder of the Second San Francisco Renaissance notes in the Thomas Rain Crowe Archive catalog, “[The Proposition 15 Rally-Reading] was to draw attention to..... More

San Francisco, CA: Pamela Mosher, 1976. First Edition. Single Sheet. Captioned, signed, and dated by photographer Pamela Mosher. “The California Nuclear Safeguards Initiative represents the first serious attempt to halt the unchecked proliferation of nuclear power plants.” (Rolling Stone, 1976) Pictured here is Philip Suntree (a/k/a Philip Daughtry, b. 1942) speaking at a 1976 rally in support of Proposition 15, a California ballot initiative that, if successful, would have prohibited..... More

Cleveland, OH: M.J. Roach, 1967. Original Photograph. Single Sheet. Offered here is a wildly rare, original photographic print featuring d.a.levy (1942-1968) — the celebrated American poet-printer-publisher affiliated with the Mimeograph Revolution in Cleveland, OH. The only other copy of this photograph known to exist (at least according to the book, d.a.levy & the mimeograph revolution, published by Bottom Dog Press in 2007) is in the Cleveland State University archives. In..... More

Berkeley, CA: n/p, 1977. Original Photograph. Single Sheet. Signed at Recto by Photographer, Sam Silver An original photographic print (appx. 7 & 6/8" x 9 & 6/8" including margins) featuring two great Second San Francisco Renaissance poets, Thomas Rain Crowe (b. 1949) & Philip Daughtry (a/k/a Philip Suntree; b. 1942), the great & greatly varied British-American poet who among many other things is a descendant of Frank & Jesse James, the..... More

San Francisco, CA: Sam Silver, 1976. Original Photograph. Single Sheet. Inscription by photographer Sam Silver. “The original group of those who came up with the idea and began to act on it were Ferlinghetti, Cherkovski, Peter LeBlanc and myself. Over time others became part of the organizing dynamic in one way or another…Neeli was the bullhorn, the provocateur, for the event—talking up the idea and later doing PR work by..... More

San Francisco, CA: Sam Silver, 1976. Original Photograph. Single Sheet. “The original core group of those who came up with the idea and began to act on it were [Lawrence] Ferlinghetti (1919-2021), [Neeli] Cherkovski (1945-2024), Peter LeBlanc (b. 1930) and myself. Over time others became part of the organizing dynamic in one way or another…Neeli was the bullhorn, the provocateur, for the event—talking up the idea and later doing PR..... More

San Francisco, CA: Sam Silver, 1976. Original Photograph. “Barbara Alexander Szerlip was in San Francisco during the 1970s having just come from a stint as a student of [Kenneth] Rexroth’s at UCSB. She lived in a cottage on his property during her senior year in college and spent much time with Rexroth, having had full access to his extraordinary library. Some mentorship, this! Which served her in good stead, as..... More